While building this blog I got curious about its speed, so I measured our own site. The result was a little funny. On desktop the homepage painted in about half a second, and yet one clear problem stood out. So here is the walk-through, using our own site as the example: where to actually start … Read more

I was scrolling the Google Play charts last week and did a small double take. The apps sitting at the top of the free list were not the ones I open every day. A short-drama app and a couple of oddball puzzle games were riding high, while the usual giants were nowhere near the top. … Read more

When you build something that sells online or charges a subscription, you eventually run into the same wall: taking payments. Dropping a “Pay” button onto a page sounds simple, but underneath it you have to connect to card networks and banks, handle card details safely, meet strict security rules, and deal with refunds and payouts. … Read more

When you first install WordPress, the dashboard can feel surprisingly bare. You can write and publish posts, but a lot of the things you will actually want — a way for readers to reach you, a nudge to help your posts show up in search, a safety net for when something breaks — simply are … Read more

You can build software now without writing a single line of code yourself. You describe what you want in plain language, and an AI writes the code for you. This way of working — describing what you want and refining the result, instead of typing the code by hand — is what people call vibe … Read more

When you decide to build a site with WordPress, the first real choice is not your theme or your colors. It is where the site will actually live: your hosting. A theme is easy to swap whenever you feel like it, but hosting is different. Once you settle in, moving somewhere else takes real effort. … Read more

A practical guide to five of the most widely used free WordPress themes as of July 2026 — Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, OceanWP, and Blocksy — with features and how to choose.